The semifinalists for the 14th Annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize has been announced and the list includes TU’s very own faculty from the Department of Art + Design, Amanda Burnham!!! Congratulations Amanda!
Twenty-four artists have been selected for the semifinal round by 2019 jurors Laylah Ali, Regine Basha and William Powhida. The competition awards a $25,000 fellowship to assist in furthering the career of a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Greater Baltimore region. A semifinalists’ exhibition kicks off Artscape weekend, July 19–21, 2019. Finalists for the competition are announced mid-April 2019. Read more…
BIO: Amanda Burnham received her MFA Painting and Printmaking from Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT and a BA in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University (Magna Cum Laude). Her area of expertise is in 2D Foundations, Drawing, and 2D design.
(left) Julie Potter, Assistant Professor, dept of Theatre, & (right) Molly Cohen ’18
Julie Potter, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, has been awarded one of the largest MD Humanities Grants for her upcoming exhibition, What Were You Wearing? This exhibition aims to dismantle the toxic ideology behind the question asked of many sexual assault survivors: “Were you attacked because of how you were dressed?” Consisting of historic and first-hand survivor accounts and recreations of clothing worn at the time of the assaults, What Were You Wearing? illuminates the severe problem of sexual assault on campus. Displays will be presented in multiple locations across campus in April 2019 and include community-wide events, including book discussions and staged readings of relevant plays, to encourage discussion about sexual assault in Maryland. Recent TU Alum, Molly Cohen ’18, also received an undergraduate research impact award for her work on this exhibition.
